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Martha H. Best

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Call NumberZ-8223CreatorStorm, Francis D.Date1888SummaryStudio bust portrait of Martha Hooper Best, a senior at Denver High School in Denver, Colorado. Best's bangs are curled and she wears her hair in a coronet twist. Her dress bodice has piping designs on either side of the front enclosure, and she wears a jacket with an open front, and a brooch designed with leaves arranged in a star shape.Physical Description1 photographic print on cabinet card : black and white, albumen ; visible image 14 x 10 cm (5 1/2 x 4 in.) mounted in album page 26 x 31 cm (10 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectStudents--Colorado--Denver--19th centuryBest, Martha H. (Martha Hooper)Denver High School (Denver, Colo.)--StudentsDenver Public Schools--StudentsGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711008223Type of MaterialAlbumen printsBlack & white photographsCabinet photographsPhotographic printsPortrait photographsOriginal Material Found in CollectionC Photo Album 390. Denver High School, District Number One, Denver, Colorado. Album, class of 1887-1888Denver High School albumsNotesMartha H. Best became Mrs. Terry inked and penciled on verso. Cabinet card found on page 29 in C Photo Album 390. Cabinet cards are mounted in album page and identification is penciled on the album page beneath cabinet cards. Photographer's stamp printed on cabinet card is torn partly obscured. R7110082233

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Rights Statementhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/CreditDenver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]Digital Reproduction Available for PurchaseYes